Ramones
USA
Formed: 1974
Died: 01 January 1996
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Punk/New Wave, New York Punk, American Punk, Punk, College Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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The Ramones are the first punk rock band. Other bands, such as the Stooges and the New York Dolls, came before them and set the stage and aesthetic for punk, and bands that immediately followed, such as the Sex Pistols, made the latent violence of the music more explicit, but the Ramones crystallized the musical ideals of the genre. By cutting rock & roll down to its bare essentials -- four chords; a simple, catchy melody; and irresistibly inane lyrics -- and speeding up the tempo considerably, the Ramones created something that was rooted in e...
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- Rattlers (1)
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